You don't always get what you pay for: Measuring depression with short and simple versus long and sophisticated scales

1984 Journal of Research in Personality 137 citations

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Year
1984
Type
article
Volume
18
Issue
1
Pages
81-98
Citations
137
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Matthias Burisch (1984). You don't always get what you pay for: Measuring depression with short and simple versus long and sophisticated scales. Journal of Research in Personality , 18 (1) , 81-98. https://doi.org/10.1016/0092-6566(84)90040-0

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